Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / Thomas D. Davis |
Autore | Davis Thomas D. <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
Collana | Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies |
Soggetto topico |
Ethics in literature
Ethics Fiction - History and criticism Literature - Philosophy |
ISBN |
9781118625354
1118625358 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814686603321 |
Davis Thomas D. <1941->
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Contemporary women's fiction and the fantastic / Lucie Armitt |
Autore | Armitt, Lucie, 1962- |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press |
Descrizione fisica | x, 257 p. ; 23 cm. |
Disciplina | 809.3/876/082 |
Soggetto topico |
Letteratura fantastica - Autrici
Donne nella letteratura - Storia Narrativa - Storia e critica Scrittrici - Storia e critica Fantasy fiction - Women authors - History and criticism Fiction - Women authors - History and criticism Fiction - History and criticism Women and literature - History Fantastic, The, in literature |
ISBN |
033369452X (Macmillan)
0333694538 (Macmillan pbk.) 0312226667 (St. Martin's) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contemporary Phantoms and Other Monsters -- Echoes and Exorcisms: Nineteenth-Century Reflections -- Dora Meets Scheherazade -- 1. The Grotesque Utopia: Joanna Russ, Jeanette Winterson, Angela Carter, Jane Palmer and Monique Wittig. Female Grotesques: The Female Man, Dogwoman and Fevvers. Horizons and Hybridity: Jeanette Winterson and Monique Wittig. Women in Flight: The Watcher (1986) and Across the Acheron (1987). Gendering the Chronotope: Sexing the Cherry (1989) -- 2. Chronotopes and Cyborgs: Octavia Butler, Joanna Russ, Fay Weldon and Marge Piercy. The Polychronotopic Text: Kindred (1979). Splitting the Subject across Space and Time. Onco Mouse and Other Monsters: The Cloning of Joanna May (1989). The Post-Nuclear Family: Body of Glass (1991) -- 3. Vampires and the Unconscious: Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison and Bessie Head. The Vampire, the Jew and the One-Sex Body. Covering the Traces: The Robber Bride (1993). The Succubus: Beloved (1987).
The Viennese Witch Doctor: A Question of Power (1974). Freud, Dora and Alias Grace (1996) -- 4. Ghosts and (Narrative) Ghosting: Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson and Toni Morrison. Rebecca: The Ghost(ed) Text. Apparitional Geometries: The Robber Bride (1993). A Ghostly Romance: Written on the Body (1992). Writing Black in White Ink: Beloved (1987) -- 5. Fairies and Feminism: Alice Thomas Ellis, Fay Weldon and Elizabeth Baines. Border-Crossings: Fairy Tale (1996). Spinsters and Stepmothers. Tennyson and the Tarot: The Cloning of Joanna May (1989). Briar Rose/Dead Dolls: The Birth Machine (1983) -- 6. Magic Realism Meets the Contemporary Gothic: Isabel Allende and Angela Carter. Evoking the Strange(r): The House of the Spirits (1985). Originary Tales: Eva Luna (1988). Magically Gothic: The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman (1972). Agoraphobic Reflections: Nights at the Circus (1984). Dancing with Death: Wise Children (1991). 7. Mannequins in the Marketplace: Angela Carter, Pat Barker and Margaret Atwood. Women on the Market: Blow Your House Down (1984). The Return of (the Repressed) Dora: The Magic Toyshop (1967). Olympia and the Swan-Maiden. The (Market-) Value of Words: The Handmaid's Tale (1985). Mothering and Melancholia -- Conclusion: The Lost Mother. |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000700829707536 |
Armitt, Lucie, 1962-
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Criticism and fiction : from "Literature and life" / / William Dean Howells |
Autore | Howells William Dean <1837-1920, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : The Floating Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.3 |
Soggetto topico | Fiction - History and criticism |
ISBN | 1-77667-633-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910165258103321 |
Howells William Dean <1837-1920, >
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Critique : studies in contemporary fiction |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Minneapolis, Minn.], : [Bolingbroke Society] |
Disciplina | 801 |
Soggetto topico |
Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Fiction - History and criticism Fiction Letterkunde Engels |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1939-9138 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996214206703316 |
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Critique : studies in contemporary fiction |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Minneapolis, Minn.], : [Bolingbroke Society] |
Disciplina | 801 |
Soggetto topico |
Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Fiction - History and criticism Fiction Letterkunde Engels |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1939-9138 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136030403321 |
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Culture and economics in contemporary cosmopolitan fiction / / Elif Toprak Sakız |
Autore | Toprak Sakız Elif |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2024] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 809.3/05 |
Soggetto topico |
Économie politique dans la littérature
Culture dans la littérature Cosmopolitisme dans la littérature Roman - Histoire et critique Economics in literature Culture in literature Cosmopolitanism in literature Fiction - History and criticism |
ISBN |
3-031-44995-9
9783031449956 3031449959 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Cosmopolitanism's New Orientations -- 2. New Intersections in Fiction: Cosmopolitanism, Culture and Economics -- 3. Narrative Glocality and The Cosmoflâneur in Ian McEwan's Saturday. -- 4. Vernacular Cosmopolitanism, Cosmopolitan Culture and Economics in Zadie Smith's NW. -- 5. Cosmopolitan Identity and Narration in Salman Rushdie's The Golden House: The Move Towards Vernacular Cosmopolitanism. -- 6. Posthuman Cosmopolitanism and Post-Covid-19 Sensitivities In Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara And The Sun. -- 7. Conclusion: The Genre of The Contemporary. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765495803321 |
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Cycles of influence [[electronic resource] ] : fiction, folktale, theory / / Stephen Benson |
Autore | Benson Stephen (Stephen Frank) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.9113 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and folklore
Postmodernism (Literature) Tales - History and criticism Fiction - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8143-3909-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. Tales in Theory: The Role of the Folktale in the Development of Narratology ""; ""2. Theory in Tales: Cycles, Levels, and Frames ""; ""3. The Idea of the Folktale in Italo Calvino ""
""Italian Folktales: Text and Contexts """"First Idea: Tradition and Ideology ""; ""Second Idea: Singular Fantasies ""; ""Third Idea: A “Geometry of Story-Telling� ""; ""4. Narrative Turns ""; ""John Barth, Author of the Arabian Nights "" ""“Familiarity Breeds Consent�: Robert Coover and the Fairy Tale """"5. Craftiness and Cruelty: A Reading of the Fairy Tale and Its Place in Recent Feminist Fictions ""; ""“Curiosity . . . Is Insubordination in Its Purest Form� ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index "" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465714203321 |
Benson Stephen (Stephen Frank)
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Cycles of influence : fiction, folktale, theory / / Stephen Benson |
Autore | Benson Stephen (Stephen Frank) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
Disciplina | 809/.9113 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and folklore
Postmodernism (Literature) Tales - History and criticism Fiction - History and criticism |
ISBN | 0-8143-3909-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Tales in Theory: The Role of the Folktale in the Development of Narratology 2. Theory in Tales: Cycles, Levels, and Frames 3. The Idea of the Folktale in Italo Calvino Italian Folktales: Text and Contexts First Idea: Tradition and Ideology Second Idea: Singular Fantasies Third Idea: A "Geometry of Story-Telling" 4. Narrative Turns John Barth, Author of the Arabian Nights. "Familiarity Breeds Consent": Robert Coover and the Fairy Tale 5. Craftiness and Cruelty: A Reading of the Fairy Tale and Its Place in Recent Feminist Fictions "Curiosity ... Is Insubordination in Its Purest Form" Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792026303321 |
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Cycles of influence : fiction, folktale, theory / / Stephen Benson |
Autore | Benson Stephen F (Stephen Frank) |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
Disciplina | 809/.9113 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and folklore
Postmodernism (Literature) Tales - History and criticism Fiction - History and criticism |
ISBN | 0-8143-3909-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Tales in Theory: The Role of the Folktale in the Development of Narratology 2. Theory in Tales: Cycles, Levels, and Frames 3. The Idea of the Folktale in Italo Calvino Italian Folktales: Text and Contexts First Idea: Tradition and Ideology Second Idea: Singular Fantasies Third Idea: A "Geometry of Story-Telling" 4. Narrative Turns John Barth, Author of the Arabian Nights. "Familiarity Breeds Consent": Robert Coover and the Fairy Tale 5. Craftiness and Cruelty: A Reading of the Fairy Tale and Its Place in Recent Feminist Fictions "Curiosity ... Is Insubordination in Its Purest Form" Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817098403321 |
Benson Stephen F (Stephen Frank)
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Diseases and disorders in contemporary fiction : the syndrome syndrome / / edited by T.J. Lustig and James Peacock |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.933561 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LustigT. J. <1961->
PeacockJames <1970-> |
Collana | Routledge studies in contemporary literature |
Soggetto topico |
Diseases in literature
Fiction - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-203-06731-2
1-299-48280-5 1-135-07863-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table ofContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; Bibliography; 1. The Naturalistic Turn, the Syndrome, and the Rise of the Neo-Phenomenological Novel; Notes; Bibliography; 2. Mapping the Syndrome Novel; Notes; Bibliography; 3. From Syndrome to Sincerity: Benjamin Kunkel's Indecision; Notes; Bibliography; 4. "We learned to tell our story walking:" Tourette's and Urban Space in Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn; Notes; Bibliography
5. The Pathologies of Mobility: Time Travel as Syndrome in The Time Traveller's Wife, La Jetée and Twelve MonkeysNotes; Bibliography; Filmography; 6. Syndrome, Symptom, and Trauma Chains in American Pre-and Post-9/11 Novels; Bibliography; 7. Mind and Brain: The Representation of Trauma in Martin Amis' Yellow Dog and Ian McEwan's Saturday; Notes; Bibliography; 8. "Two-way traffic"? Syndrome as Symbol in Richard Powers' The Echo Maker; Notes; Bibliography 9. "I wanted unheimlich[ . . . ] but of the right kind. Strangeness and Strangerness without the blank despair:" Trauma and Travel in the Works of Jenny DiskiNotes; Bibliography; 10. The Human Condition?; Bibliography; Filmography; 11. A Psychiatrist's Opinion of the Neuronovel; Bibliography; Annotated Bibliography of Primary Materials; Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Materials; Glossary; List of Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452846203321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
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